CVE-2017-14199: zephyr getaddrinfo

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14199 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in zephyr getaddrinfo. EPSS estimates a 1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-04-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A buffer overflow has been found in the Zephyr Project's getaddrinfo() implementation in 1.9.0 and 1.10.0.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.